Improved railway-rail chair



A tluitd Sintra @aient .dtliiira LoYs'r J. SMITH, or WHITEHALL, NEW YORK, AssIeNoR4 To rHMsELF AND E. H. GARDINER, OF SAME PLAGE.4

11mm Patent No. 98,312, dd December 28, 1869.

IMPROVE!) RAILWAY-RAIL CHAIR.

Orv--f The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

* -HOW*- To al; who?" t "my 00mm* i be apt to displace such jaws longitudinally, by bend- Be it known that I, Loysr J. SMITH, of Whitehall, ing the. bolts. in the'county of Washington, and State of New York, To prevent this, I have placed upon the base plates have invented anew `and improved Railroad-Chair; of the jaws a plate, D, which has transverse ribs c c and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, on its under side, at the ends, to lap over the ends of clear, and exact description thereof', which will enable the jaw-bottoms, as in lig. 2.. others skilled inthe art to make and use the same, The sides of the plate D lit into grooves that are reference being had to the accompanying drawing, provided in the cheeks a, as in fi". 1, to prevent verforming part of this specification, in whichtical displacement y Figure l represents a vertical transverse section of The ribs c prevent the longitudinal displacement of my improved railroad-chair. the plate D, land also that of the jaws. Figure 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the The rail-ends are placed upon the plate D, between same. the cheeks a a, as shown. w Figure 3 is'a horizontal section of the same, taken lhe plate D is also provided with upward-projecton the plane of the line x-x, fig. 1. ing lugs cl d, that fit into notches in the bases of the Similar letters of Vreference indicate corresponding rail-ends, to prevent the rails from becoming longiparts. tudnally displaced.

This invention vrelates to a new suspension railroad- A rubber platey may, it' desired,he interposed bechair, which is so constructedthat it will constitute a tween the rail bases and the plate B, or between the durable and reliable connection of rail-ends, and a latter and the base-plates of the jaws, in order to make noiseless support of ,the same. a still more silent support. y Y

' Theinve'ntion consists chiefly in `arranging upon the This chair is more particularly7 intendedto be used horizontal bed formed by two jaws, and between'v the between and not upon the ties or sleepers.

cheeks of the same, a horizontal supporting-plate, on Having t-hus described my invention,

which the rail-ends are placed, said plate being broader XVhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letthan the rail, as its sides are fitted into grooves that ters Patent, is-

are formed ou the cheeks of the jaws. The arrangement,u upon the bases ofthe jaws A B, A and-B are the two jaws or side' pieces of the and between the cheeks thereof', of a plate, D, with chair. transverse ribs c c, and projecting-lugs d d, all as shown They are horizontal plates of considerable strength, and described, to prevent the longitudinal displaceto t under the rail-ends, andare provided with proment of the rails and the constant strain upon the jecting cheeks 'a a, that lap over the base of the rail, bolts. as is clearly shown in lig. l. The above specification of my invention signed by The two parts A B are bolted together under the me, this 1st day of' June, 1869.

I rail-ends by means of strong bolts GG, and are there- Witnesses: LOYST J. SMITH.

by securely connected. Still, if the rails were placed FRANK BLOCKLEY, upon the horizontal plates of these jaws, they would ALEX. F. ROBERTS. 

